Legislation and Policies

This page is a short guide to key legislation and plans on the Yarra River.

 

State Policies and Legislation

Stay up to date with the Yarra River Protection Act and the Yarra Trust: Act for the Yarra website

• Yarra River Protection (Willip-gin Birrarung murron) Act 2017
• Water Act 1989
• Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994
• Planning and Environment Act 1987
• Heritage Act 1995
• Environment Protection Act 1970
• City of Melbourne and Docklands Acts (Governance) Act 2006
• National Parks Act 1975
• Heritage Rivers Act 1992
• Heritage Rivers (Further Protection) Act 2006
• State Environment Protection Policy No. W-29 (Waters of the Yarra Rivers and Tributaries)
• Subdivision Act 1988
• Victorian Law Today Library
• Australasian Legal Information Institute
• Victoria’s Litter Strategy 1995

 

City Wide Plans

• Report of the Metropolitan Town Planning Commission (1929)
• Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme (1954)
• Planning for Melbourne’s Future’ (1954) (video)
• Planning Policies for Metropolitan Melbourne (1971)
• Melbourne 2030: Planning for Sustainable Growth (2002)
• Melbourne @ 5 million
• Plan Melbourne: Metropolitan Planning Strategy (2014)
• Melbourne Ferries Background Study (2013)
• Upper Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Regional Strategy Plan (1982)
• City of Boroondara Planning Scheme
• Inventory and Assessment of Indigenous Flora and Fauna in Boroondara (2006)
• Outline of planning at Docklands
• Docklands Waterways Strategic Plan
• Yarra River Corridor Study, City of Yarra and Planisphere (City of Yarra and Planisphere, March 2015)
• Walking Plan 2014-17 (City of Melbourne, 2014)
• Stonnington Biodiversity Strategy 2013-2017 (Stonnington Council)
• Boroondara Urban Biodiversity Strategy 2013-2023 (Boroondara Council, June 2018)
• Urban Forest Strategy 2012-2023 (City of Melbourne, 2012)
• Total Watermark: City as a Catchment (City of Melbourne, 2014)
• Open Space Strategy Planning for Future Growth (City of Melbourne, June 2012)
• Port Development Plan 2006-2035
• Middle Yarra Corridor Study (Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure, 2014)

 

Middle Yarra Concept Plan

• Middle Yarra Concept Plan – Dights Falls to Burke Road (1990)
• Middle Yarra Concept Plan – Burke Road to Watsons Creek (1993)
• A Review of Policies and Controls for the Yarra River Corridor: Punt Road to Burke Road Bridge – Consultant Report (Department of Sustainability and Environment/Jones and Whitehead/Planisphere, June 2005)
• Yarra Bend Park Strategy Plan (1999)
• Yarra Bend Park Environmental Action Plan (2000)
• Yarra Valley Parklands Management Plan (2008)
• Warrandyte State Park Management Plan (July 2006)
• Yarra Ranges National Park Management Plan (June 2002)
• A Cleaner Yarra River and Port Phillip Bay: A Plan of Action (2012)
• Healthy Waterways Strategy, Melbourne Water (2013)

 

Green Wedge Plans

• Nillumbik
• Manningham
• Yarra Ranges

 

Planning Ammendments

• Ministerial Amendment VC96, City of Boroondara, October 2012
• Amendment C210
• Amendment C155
• Yarra River Corridor Study, City of Yarra and Planisphere (City of Yarra and Planisphere, March 2015)